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Upper mantle anisotropy beneath Indochina block and adjacent regions from shear-wave splitting analysis of Vietnam broadband seismograph array data
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Physics of the Earth & Planetary Interiors . Sep2009, Vol. 176 Issue 1/2, p33-43. 11p. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- Abstract: The Indochina block is located at the junction of four major plates. It has a close relationship with the uplift of Tibet plateau and the sea-floor spreading of the South China Sea in the geological evolution histories. We deployed a temporary broadband seismograph array in Vietnam from February 2000 to October 2005, and measured shear-wave splitting of core-refracted phases to investigate the upper mantle anisotropy beneath the Indochina block and adjacent regions. The observed delay times of up to 1.5s are large, indicating a mantle source for the anisotropy. Two distinct regimes of seismic anisotropy are revealed. The fast polarization directions in the northern Indochina block with a main trend of N100°E are almost consistent with the direction of both the surface displacement and the absolute plate motion. These observations suggest the anisotropy is possibly generated by the present-day asthenospheric flow caused by the India–Eurasia collision. The fast polarization directions in the southern Indochina block and the Hainan island are nearly N60°E. The anisotropy in this area may reflect a combination of the India–Eurasia collision and the past orogenies in the lithosphere, or an abrupt variation in the asthenospheric flow. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00319201
- Volume :
- 176
- Issue :
- 1/2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Physics of the Earth & Planetary Interiors
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 43769090
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2009.03.008